Sorry-- but we thought this might happen, and probably will again.
We had no coverage for our air card in Hastings, and could not connect with the wifi at the marina across the river. So no blog.
We spent an additional day in Hastings due to a cold front passing through stirring up the weather.
While we were tied to the wall in Hastings, we heard a bunch of yelling on a passing boat. Looking outside we were surprised to see Adirondack, a Monk 36 go by with all four on board waving and yelling.
This is the first Monk 36 we had a chance to look at right at Palafox Marina in Pensacola. We saw it there and asked if we could take a look. Jeff and Sally were the people who put us in touch with Dave, the man from whom we purchased Monarch. Many, many moons later, after visiting the Bahamas, and then continuing north on the Hudson and Lake Champlaign and the canal then later down the Rideau Canal, they have caught up with us on the Trent Severn Waterway. We had a joyful reunion and later enjoyed a couple of bottles of wine with Jeff and Sally and Bob and Elizabeth off Slow Dance. Good fun.
We all left Hastings on Thursday morning and here is a picture of Adirondack leading the way to Peterborough.
Leaving Hastings we left the through hull fitting valve closed which meant no cooling. Bad news. The engine overheated a bit until John tore down to the engine room and opened the through hull. No damage.
We have, however, had problems with the engine not starting at the first push of the start button. Suspecting a weak solenoid, we had both solenoids in the start circuit replaced in Peterborough. The delightful and extremely well informed mechanic also inspected the water pump impeller to see if the short stint without water had damaged it. It was fine.
Here's a picture of the bay in front of the marina here in Peterborough and the fountain which has the light show at night.
We pushed our dock cart, ( a gift from Sheila and company) twice to stock up on groceries, take the laundry into town and load up on fresh veggies from the farmers market. Gail had been longing for some ragatouille for a long time and tonight was the night!
Last night there was a concert in the park right next to the marina, so we had front row seats, right from our sun deck for an evening of Beatles music, a light show at the fountain, concluding with a fireworks display. Cool!
Tomorrow we start off with an ordinary lock, followed by the Peterborough Lift Lock. You can get a good picture and explanation of the lock by clicking on the following url.
Then we will probably continue through 6 or 7 more locks, or until we get tired. We would like to spend tomorrow night at anchor if possible.
We found the above url by doing a Google search for Peterborough Lift Lock, but it looks like it might be an on line cruising guide for the Trent Severn Waterway. Might be you could follow our route on that link!
Well anyway, we have to take a good look at the charts for tomorrows adventure. I suspect we will not be able to blog for several days, but our phone seems to be getting pretty good coverage.
Thank you Marco and Virginia, and Gail Thomas for checking on us. It was so good to hear from you!!
Yea! We're back on line.
On Monday July 23 we left Peterborough and arrived at Lakefield, Ontario. The next day, Tuesday, we motored to Lovesick Lock, near no town and sp;ent the night on the island park with the animals. We were warned that the raccoons might invade the boat, but they didn't. We took an island walk through the woods and finally got our feet into the water.
Today we are in Bobcaygeon, Ont. It is a lovely little village, and we stocked up on baked goods at Grandma's Bakery, some groceries, and of course an ice cream. Gail glanced at a few shoes on sale but refused to buy $110.00 shoes, even if they were 10% off! Imagine! Makes you grateful for Bealls!!!! We did visit one art gallery and the artist once resided in Orange Beach! There are a zillion boats here. It looks like all of Canada is on vacation. One of our big surprises is that it is very warm. As we log this, we have the air on because the boat got very, very hot during the afternoon while we were out roaming the town.
And finally, this picture is for you, Sean and Kate. It reminded us of our great time with you at Wakulla springs. We're guessing you would both like to try this one!
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